Knock it out of the park! derek jeter and wife hannah jeter (née Davis) found each other in 2012 and after four kids moved out of the house, they’re still in love.
The former New York Yankees player started a relationship with the Victoria’s Secret model two years before he retired from baseball.
“Derek and I met during the off-season, and I think that was a lucky break,” Hannah wrote in a February 2017 article on Derek’s website, Players Tribune, “It gave us an opportunity to spend some time together away from New York. I didn’t have any preconceived notions about who he was, and I didn’t need to say much more than this: The best person I’d met, and I wanted to get to know him on his own terms. Not Google’s.
He further said, ‘We met at the right time. To me, what matters in a relationship is being in the same place in your life. And from the start, I could tell that Derek and I were having the time of our lives together.
Once he hung up his cleats, Derek took the next step with Hannah, getting down on one knee in late 2015.
A source exclusively revealed, “Derek is completely madly in love with her.” us weekly In October 2015 after the offer. “He thinks she’s beautiful, sweet, and sexy.”
The former Olympian and St. Thomas native’s relationship works because “they’re both supportive and sweet of each other,” the insider said, adding, “They almost never fight.”
Derek and Hannah married the following year and quickly began working on plans to expand their family. The two announced in February 2017 that they were expecting a baby girl, with the mom-to-be joking, “Whatever her name is, I know it’s going to run circles around her.”
As of January 2019, the couple were parents to two girls, Bella and Story, and Derek can’t help but be proud of his new role as a father.
“You always hear people say, ‘Wait until you have kids of your own,’ but it’s actually true. I couldn’t be happier,” Derek exclusively told We In April 2019. “I am blessed to have two beautiful daughters and I look forward to watching them grow up every day.”
The legendary athlete said he and Hannah have managed to keep their romance alive by “going out to eat” whenever possible. “We go out there occasionally. However, we are low-key,” he confessed.
Derek and Hannah’s life gets a little busier two years later when they add Betty Rivers to their crew. Despite being public figures, the pair have managed to keep their home life somewhat secretive over the years, with Derek telling fans on Instagram in May 2022 that they “couldn’t be more blessed.”
The following year, the couple surprised fans when they announced the arrival of their fourth child, son Caius, in May 2023.
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